Research conducted during July to October 1975 on compacting of chemical explosives is reported. Bartherm is an ancillary pressing process that can be used to increase and equalize the as-pressed density of PBX parts. The process is relatively new and it was not known if the induced density changes were permanent. Small parts that were processed by the bartherm technique have not experienced a change of density in approximately one and one-half years of observation and the density increase appears to be permanent. (auth)
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission depository collection.
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DOE contract number: DA-11-173-AMC-487(A) OSTI Identifier 7368405 Research organization: Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc., Amarillo, TX (United States).